. Little helpers . ept his word about showing her where to buy, and,knowing as he did the things which would be most likely to sellwell, the result was that, after a few lessons, poor little Katy,who was slow rather than stupid, began to show real judgmentin her purchases. She was always modest and quiet in her LITTLE HELPERS. 231 manner to the boys, and the result of this was that their chaffingnever passed the bounds of harmless fun. They called her TheDaughter of the Regiment, and threatened her with dire penal-ties, should she not always come first and foremost to theirplayground with her
. Little helpers . ept his word about showing her where to buy, and,knowing as he did the things which would be most likely to sellwell, the result was that, after a few lessons, poor little Katy,who was slow rather than stupid, began to show real judgmentin her purchases. She was always modest and quiet in her LITTLE HELPERS. 231 manner to the boys, and the result of this was that their chaffingnever passed the bounds of harmless fun. They called her TheDaughter of the Regiment, and threatened her with dire penal-ties, should she not always come first and foremost to theirplayground with her new stock. Ive often thought, Tiny, said Johnny, long afterward,when Katy had made and saved enough to buy a second-handcounter, have shelves put in the front room of the two whichshe and the old woman occupied, and start a small but promisingbusiness. Ive often thought of how it would have been if Ihad cut and run. And it seems to me that the way ofescape — about temptations, you know — is right straightahead!. CHAPTER XXIII. THE CIRCULAR CITY. R. LESLIE made a discovery. He had remarked, early in the spring,that when he was really rich, when hehad five or six millions of dollars, hewas going to build a city in the form ofa very large circle, only two streets deep, and inside of this circle was to be an immense farm. I shall begin, he said, by finding and buying a ready-made farm, for the farmhouse and barns and orchard and gardenmust all be old. I shall put all this in perfect order, withoutmaking it look new. Then I shall build twenty-five Swisscottages, each with three rooms and a great deal of veranda. Ishall buy twenty-five excellent tents, and hide them about in theorchard and shrubberies, and I shall invite my friends, fiftyfamilies at a time, to come and stay a month with me on myfarm ; and if my friends should all be used up before the summeris over, I will ask some of them to nominate some of theirfriends. And in the meantime, he added, dropping his million-aire
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